DJ is missing

We had a Flash Party™ with Emily friday night and we were up all night being loud and drunk. DJ got pissed off and demanded to go out around 3 or 4am. I let him out. We’ve not seen him since. :-(

This is the trade off with cats – especially indoor/outdoor cats: they come and GO as they please. Every cat I’ve had has stayed gone for a couple of days at a time, typically with no ill effects other than me wanting to pinch their little heads off when they come back.

But then we had the Missy incident a while back (She was trapped in the neighbor’s basement then injured herself when she climbed the fence back to here.) which now makes me very nervous when they go AWOL. Bernie will disappear for a couple of days at a time occasionally, but DJ doesn’t usually do that. He might stay gone for a day, but his tummy usually brings him back home pretty quick.

I’ve got a bad feeling that he might not come back. We walked around today calling for him and checking out his usual hidey holes to no avail.

In this neighborhood, there is a legitimate worry about Ghetto Dwellaz popping a cap in my cat for no reason other than him being there. Or trapping him and feeding him to the goddam pit bulls to “make them be good guard dogs”. Yah.

::sigh::

I hope he’s just being a butthead and he strolls up tonite around 6pm for dinner. If he doesn’t, I think I’ll start preparing for the worst. ::sniffle::

[And that’s what he did and continues to do, which is why he is now trapped in the backyard. Unfortunately Bernadette never returned last year (Jun 08). 6/09 -A]